The Powerpoint President

If there's one thing that drives me nuts, it's excessive sloganeering. We corporate types see it in the workplace all the time, encouraging us to "Think Customers First!"and similar Orwellian exhortations. W. Edwards Deming, who pioneered many modern management techniques, included the elimination of slogans as one of his "Fourteen Points" to improve management because they're basically PR and don't do anything of value.

I'm sorry Mr. Deming, but slogans are alive and well, especially with the President. It's very fitting because slogans typically bespeak vacuity in lieu of actual ideas. Let's look at some examples:

Below, Ben Stein's doofus-head is interfering with an important message:



Below is his first big War Slogan:



Followed by his second big War Slogan:



And ironically to his current big War Slogan:



And finally, the perpetually deer-in-headlights Laura gets in on the act:



I wonder if anyone in the administration has a background in business consulting? Judging by approval ratings, the failure of all these initiatives, and a credibility gap the size of Hell's Gate, the Powerpoints are not convincing the general public of anything (nor is the accompanying rhetoric for that matter). So my deficit reduction idea is to eliminate the CMS (Chicks Makin' Slides) department at the White House and cancel the account with FastSigns.